Does social support help with marital bereavement?

Bereavement Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-6

  Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84973284717     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682620808657706     Document Type: Article

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